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WASHINGTON (AP) — Homes of slaves who served President James Madison at his Montpelier estate in Virginia will be rebuilt for the first time over the next five years, along with other refurbishments to the home of …

The U.S. Congress is a notoriously white, male and middle-aged legislative body. But the House of Representatives is expected to become a bit more diverse on Tuesday, with at least five new women of color poised to win …

The shooting of Michael Brown has been one of the most emotional events to have occurred in the African American community for decades. Millions of people were convinced that Officer Darren Wilson was in the wrong …

Philadelphia police have released video of a woman’s abduction in Germantown – and now say it appears to be a random kidnapping. The missing woman is identified as 22-year-old Carlesha Freeland-Gaither. The …

Next June I’ll celebrate my fifteenth year as editor-in-chief of ELLE. A lot has happened in those 15 years, not least of which were 9/11, the birth of my two children, and the sale of ELLE by a French company, …

Jeff Chang, author of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, has taken on some massive subjects in his latest book: race, and the way America sees itself. Who We Be: The Colorization Of …

When I tell my friends that the last time I had a girlfriend was during my freshman year in college in 1998, they respond with disbelief. For them it’s bemusing to fathom that a man who is well-traveled, gainfully …

Huntsville City Schools paid a former FBI agent $157,000 last year to oversee security improvements, including the investigation of social media activity of public school students. That online snooping effort, according …